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MONTHLY INVITATIONAL TEAMS Bertheau Vs. Levine MIT I BULLETIN 4 • Saturday, April 24, 2021 • editor Christina Lund Madsen • [email protected] MONTHLY INVITATIONAL TEAMS TOP ONLINE BRIDGE EVENTS • MIT.BRIDGERESULTS.ORG Bertheau vs. Levine Determining the top four was down to the last board of the Round Robin. Gupta lost to Bertheau and had to watch breath withheld to see whether they would be overtaken. They could exhale when Wolfson's 1 IMP-victory over Setton only brought the team honorable mention as the first non-qualifier. Ireland-Levine was a thriller turning into a horror-movie from an Irish perspective as they went from a narrow, but sufficient, lead to lose 37 IMPs in the last three boards, propelling Levine into second ahead of Nickell and Gupta. That left Bertheau the choice between the T-Rex and the Velociraptor. They chose to face Nickell (that must be a first) and their courage was rewarded with a win. That left Gupta and Levine in each other's arms, and halfway it looked like another close encounter until Levine slayed their rivals to face Bertheau in today's final. Yesterday we parted with six amazing teams. It has been a pleasure and a privilege hosting and watching you during the past four days and we hope to see you again. All players should enter BBO 10 Today’s Schedule minutes before the beginning of a Saturday April 24 match. TD Denis Dobrin will instruct you where to sit. All players must 11:00 Eastern Time / 17:00 CET – Final Seg- ment 1/3 (14 boards) have their name in their BBO-profile. Private isn't allowed for the sake of After 10 minutes break – Final Segment 2/3 opponents and kibitzers. After 10 minutes break – Final Segment 3/3 - 1 - Results Round Robin Final Ranking Event website Results mit.bridgeresults.org - 2 - High Anxiety By Mark Horton The seventh round offered numerous 2♦ Relay chances for the teams needing swings. 2♠ 4♦ This was one of them: 4♣ Club fit, RKCB 4♦ Odd keycards Board 5. Dealer North. NS Vul. 4♥ Ask ♣Q 4♠ ♣Q and cue ♠ Q 10 2 ♥ Q J 9 6 5 2 South led the ♦8 and declarer won with ♦ 4 the jack, played a club to the ace, cashed ♣ J 7 6 the ♠A, South dropping the king under the ace, ruffed a spade with the ♣8, went ♠ A J 8 6 4 3 ♠ 9 to dummy with a heart and ruffed a spade ♥ A K ♥ 10 8 3 with the ♣9, claiming when the suit ♦ 2 ♦ A K J 10 divided. ♣ A K 10 4 ♣ Q 9 8 5 2 This line delivers all the tricks even if the ♠ K 7 5 spades are 4-2, as long as North has the ♣J. ♥ 7 4 ♦ Q 9 8 7 6 5 3 ♣ 3 WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wolfson Franceschetti Garner Setton How do you like your chances in 7♣? As — Pass Pass Pass long as the black suits behave 13 tricks should be straightforward. 1♠ Pass 1NT* Pass 3♣* Pass 3♦* Pass Wolfson v Setton 3NT Pass 4♣ Pass WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH 4NT Pass 6♣ All Pass Versace Cohler Lauria Padon — Pass 1♣ Pass 1NT Forcing 1♠ Pass 2♣ Pass 3♣ Game forcing, says nothing about clubs 2♦* Pass 2♠* Pass 3♦ Asking relay 4♣* Pass 4♦* Pass North led a diamond and declarer won 4♥* Pass 4♠* Pass and went after the spades, soon claiming 7♣ All Pass all the tricks, but losing 11 IMPs - a big blow to Wolfson's hopes of making the cut. - 3 - David Gold (Clearly partnering West led the ♥K and when East followed Zia when this picture was taken) with the ten he cashed the ♠A and con- tinued with the three, East ruffing and returning the ♥8. West won and played the ♠4 and East ruffed. The defenders were sure of eight tricks, -800, but it was a 12 IMP loss. Edmonds v Nickell WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Z Grossack Greco Edmonds — Pass Pass Pass 1♣* 1♥ 2♣* Pass 2♠ Pass 3♦ Pass 3♥ Pass 4♣ Pass 4♥* Pass 4NT* Pass Bertheau v Gupta 7♣ All Pass WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Zia Zagorin Gold Bertheau 1♣ Strong Club 2♣ Game forcing, natural — Pass Pass Pass 4♥ 'I was hoping this would be RKCB in 2♣* Pass 2♦* Pass clubs' 2♠ Pass 2NT* Pass 4NT '1 key card if RKCB, not clear though' 3♣ Pass 4♣ Pass After the diamond lead, declarer setup the 4♠ Pass 4NT* Pass spades, +1440. 5♣* Pass 7♣ All Pass WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH 2NT 'Shows some values' Brink Nickell Drijver Katz 4NT 'Should be RKCB ♣' — Pass Pass Pass Declarer won the diamond lead and 1♠ Pass 1NT Pass played to set up the spades, +1440. 2♣* Pass 2♦* Pass 2♥* Pass 2♠* Pass WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH 3♥* Pass 4♣ Pass Hallberg Gupta Hult Korbel 4♦* Pass 4♠* Pass — Pass Pass 2♦ 4NT* Pass 5♣* Pass Dble All Pass 6♣ All Pass - 4 - 2♣ Gazilli 2♦ 8-11 2♥ 15+, 2 suited hand 2♠ 2♥ puppet to 2♠ 3♥ 6♠, 4♣ 4♦ Cue bid 4♠ Last Train 4NT Optional Blackwood 5♣ Minimum Team Ireland A diamond lead was followed by the regula- tion line of play, and an 11 IMP loss. South led the ♥7 and declarer won with dummy's ace, cashed the ♠A, ruffed a Ireland v Levine spade with the ♣8,crossed to dummy with a club and ruffed a spade with the ♣9, WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH +1440. Helness Carroll Helgemo Moran — Pass Pass Pass WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH FitzGibbon Meckstroth Mesbur Rodwell 1♠ Pass 1NT Pass — 2♥ Pass Pass 2NT* Pass 3♣* Pass Dble Pass 3♣* Pass 3♦* Pass 3♥* Pass 3♠ Pass 4♦ Pass 4♣ Pass 4♦ Pass 4♥* Pass 5♣ Pass 4♥ Dble Pass Pass 7♣ All Pass Rdbl Pass 4♠* Pass 7♣ All Pass 3♣ Natural with values 4♥ 'Probably RKCB for diamonds' 2NT Game forcing 3♣ One 5 card minor South led the ♦7 and declarer won with 3♦ Relay the jack, played a spade to the ace, ruffed 3♥ Clubs a spade and then ruffed a diamond with Rdbl 'First' ♣10. To his horror, North overruffed which 4♠ RKCB meant a loss of 16 IMPs and an early flight back to Ireland. - 5 - Blind spot By Toine van Hoof Even world class players now and then Now South had to ruff the ♥Q with a high have a blind spot. trump and could not afford to ruff his last This was a board from one of the earlier club with the ♠K. So he ruffed with the ♠2 rounds (hands rotated to make it more and East overruffed for down one. difficult for nosey parkers to trace back the name of our unfortunate declarer): Double dummy South could have survived by ducking the ♣A and subsequently set- Dealer South. EW Vul. ting up dummy’s diamonds. ♠ K 2 There was, however, a much simpler way ♥ A 9 8 2 as was demonstrated by the two other ♦ A J 8 3 2 declarers who received the lead of the ♥J ♣ A 2 in their 4♠ contract. They won with the ace, drew trumps and developed a heart as ♠ 8 5 ♠ 10 9 4 their tenth trick. Piece of cake. ♥ J 4 ♥ K Q 6 5 3 ♦ Q 9 4 ♦ K 6 5 ♣ Q J 8 5 4 3 ♣ K 6 ♠ A Q J 7 6 3 ♥ 10 7 ♦ 10 7 ♣ 10 9 7 WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH – – – 2♠ Pass 4♠ All Pass West led the ♥J. Declarer won with the ace and cunningly continued with the ♥2. East was not to be fooled and rose with the Thomas Bessis is not our fea- king. He returned the ♥5. South pitched tured declarer, but he looks so the ♦7 and West ruffed. Declarer won the cute we will bring his picture ♣5 return with the ace and played the ♣2 anyway. Photo: Peg Kaplan to East’s king. - 6 - DISCOVER THE NEW M O N E M P L O I D U T E M P S THE MARCH ISSUE HAS JUST BEEN RELEASED! In this issue The March 2021 issue of BeBRIDGE is a veritable cornucopia. Discover the Secrets of winning pairs and read all about the Transatlantic Seniors Cup. Find out what it's like to be a Director and take our quiz about the History of bridge. David Bird's Abbot is back with the latest instalment of the adventures of his bridge playing monks and Frankly Speaking meets Fernando Lema. Along with the regular articles that stimulate your 'little grey cells' it's an issue you can't afford to miss. M O N J O U R N A L D E R E P A S M E S E N T R A Î N E M E N T S Why digital? Always have your magazine at your fingertips. You can read BeBRIDGE wherever you are. No need to worry about the size of the font as you can zoom in on every page. Want to join the club? It couldn't be simpler to subscribe: - through the website: bridge-eshop.com/en/ - by phone at: +33 (0)1 42 96 25 50 - by email at: [email protected] - 7 - Trio Semifinals By Mark Horton As the spectre of retirement begins to 1♣ Strong loom (say in 20 year's time) I am busy 1♥ Artificial GF without 5+♠ or 6 other assembling a collection of my favourite 2♦ Waiting, asking for major movies.
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